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(1972 – 1981, 1993 – present)

Steely Dan is an American jazz rock band which formed in 1972. The band was formed by Donald Fagen (vocals, keyboards) and Walter Becker (guitar, bass), who met in 1967 while both attended Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, and began a songwriting partnership shortly thereafter.

Their music is characterized by dark, witty lyrical narratives, obscure lyrical allusions and complex, jazz-influenced instrumentation and chord sequences, overlying more ordinary popular song structures. Their fastidious standards in the studio and use of world-class sessions players has also been a hallmark of their work.
For this, special credit should be given to their long-time producer Gary Katz and engineer Roger Nichols.

The band was originally a six-piece consisting of Fagen, Becker, David Palmer (vocals), Jeff “Skunk” Baxter (guitar), Denny Dias (guitar) and Jim Hodder (drums), but by 1975, only Fagen and Becker remained.

The band’s history can be divided into three stages. In its original conception, the group was a relatively conventional rock band that toured from 1972 to 1974, releasing the singles-chart successes, ‘Do It Again’, ‘Reelin’ In The Years’, ‘My Old School’ and ‘Rikki Don’t Lose That Number’. The group’s name was derived from a series of dildos in the 1959 novel, ‘Naked Lunch’ by the avant-garde writer, William S. Burroughs; the phrase first used in the lyrics of an early, pre-Steely Dan Fagen/Becker song, Soul Ram.

In its second stage (1975 - 1980) the group, now consisting solely of Fagen and Becker, became a purely studio-based act, their album releases showing a growing obsession with polished production values

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overflowing with the kind of cynicism and story telling that many felt but few could articulate anywhere near as well as Fagen/Becker in the mid- to late-70s. except RAY DAVIS.... your Library isn't complete. story telling at its best..

..Steely Dan 2 off the Greatest Musicians I've ever had the pleasure of seeing Live and their band is as much responsible for their Success and may Donald &7 Walter keep their amazing musk alive for this new generation for many years to come, Blessings of Peace always guys. P.S. I hope to see you all in Tulsa-Town again real soon, thanks again..:)

There is a depiction of pegging in the William S. Burroughs 1959 novel Naked Lunch. The dildo used in the scene is called a Steely Dan III, and is the source from which the musical group Steely Dan takes its name.[6][7]

I use to put on Aja for my dogs and they absolutely hated it. One is a doberman and the other is a mutt with hints of german shepherd and a trace of border collie. As for the rest, I honestly can't determine.